Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Nyva Ternopil' 12th with 34 points, Metalurh Zaporizhya 16th with 19, 15 apart. Metalurh Zaporizhya had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Metalurh Zaporizhya were scoring 0.53 and conceding 2.03, Nyva Ternopil' 0.8 and 1.13, against a competition average of 1.14 goals per team per game.
Metalurh Zaporizhya arrived off eight straight defeats. Six consecutive defeats weighed on Nyva Ternopil'.
6 meetings are on record — 0 won by Metalurh Zaporizhya, 3 by Nyva Ternopil', 3 drawn, at 1.83 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 17% saw more than two goals.
The venue was Slavutych-Arena, with room for 22,288 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Metalurh Zaporizhya: Dmitriy Irodovskyi (52'), Maksym Misanov (68') · Nyva Ternopil': Vladyslav Klymenko (56' og), Marian Mysyk (90')